I was born and raised in China, and my parents were missionaries.
Jayne Meadows

I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Steve Case

I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner. My mom took in wash. I grew up around people of strong values - even if they rarely talked about them.
Harry Reid

I was born and raised in the oldest settled part of the nation and in an environment in which racism was officially mooted.
Constance Baker Motley

I was born and raised in the South, which is pretty conservative.
James Denton

I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it.
Colin Powell

I was born in St. Andrew's and raised in Kingston then I attended the Alpha Boy's school.
Desmond Dekker

I was born in Washington, D.C., and I was raised in Milwaukee.
Kristen Johnston

I was bred and raised in a multi-cultural music background.
Coco Lee

I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.
Willie Stargell

I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved.
Gary Oldman

I was raised a Catholic and when you're raised a Catholic they don't teach you to think for yourself. You're taught not to think too deeply about things.
Abel Ferrara

I was raised a Christian and was a stone-faced acid head.
Ken Kesey

I was raised a Christian, but I wouldn't call myself a Christian now. I think when I was younger it was easier to focus on the negative, nihilist vision... this is sort of picking up on the other half of the body, which is God and white light.
Billy Corgan

I was raised all over. Kansas, Hawaii, Georgia, Texas and Kentucky, by the time I was 11.
Jeri Ryan

I was raised around heterosexuals, as all heterosexuals are, that's where us gay people come from... you heterosexuals.
Ellen DeGeneres

I was raised as a Christian but the transaction has to be made by yourself - you and God - at some point.
Jerry B. Jenkins

I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early.
Octavia Butler

I was raised by an actress, and I watched all those women turn 60 and ask, Shouldn't get face work? My mother and Anne Bancroft said, We're not going to fall into that.
Laura Dern

I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic.
Diane Lane